
Gabrielle Dorziat
Acting • Born 1880-01-25 – Died 1979-11-30
Biography
Gabrielle Dorziat (1880–1979) was a French stage and film actress.[Dorziat was a fashion trend setter in Paris and helped popularize the designs of Coco Chanel. The Théâtre Gabrielle-Dorziat in Épernay, France is named for her. She was born in 1880. Dorziat made her stage début in 1898 at the Théâtre Royal du Parc in Brussels. She moved to Paris and appeared in Alfred Capus' La Bourse ou la vie (1900), but it was her performance as Thérèse Herbault in Chaîne anglaise (1906) that brought her to public attention. She became known for her off-stage life as well, becoming romantically involved with actors Lucien Guitry and Louis Jouvet. She had close friendships with Jean Cocteau, Jean Giraudoux, Coco Chanel, Paul Bourget and Henri Bernstein. During World War I Dorziat left France to tour the United States where she raised money for war refugees. After the war she toured Canada, South America and the rest of Europe. In 1921 Dorziat appeared in her first film L'Infante à la rose. She went on to play in over sixty films including Mayerling, Les Parents terribles and Manon. In 1925, she married Count Michel de Zogheb, a friend of King Fuad I of Egypt. She published her memoirs Côté cour, côté jardin in 1968. She died in 1979. Source: Article "Gabrielle Dorziat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
69 credits
Resurrection
Movie • 1958
Kitajewa

Pity for the Vamps
Movie • 1956
Éléonore Davis

The Shanghai Drama
Movie • 1938
College director

Monsieur
Movie • 1964
Monsieur's Mother-in-law

A Monkey in Winter
Movie • 1962
Mme Victoria, la directrice

The Storm Within
Movie • 1948
Tante Léo

The Truth About Bebe Donge
Movie • 1952
Mme d'Ortemont

Samson
Movie • 1936
la marquise d'Andeline

L'amour veille
Movie • 1937
Madame de Juvigny

Êtes-vous jalouse ?
Movie • 1938
Gabrielle Brunois

Monsieur Breloque a disparu
Movie • 1938
Baroness Granger

Traviata 53
Movie • 1953
Zoe

A Foolish Maiden
Movie • 1938
Gisèle's mother

The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
Movie • 1942
Mademoiselle Lebeau

Soyez les bienvenus
Movie • 1942
Madame Boisleroi

Behind the Facade
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President

Her First Affair
Movie • 1941
The director of the orphanage

L'Appel du bled
Movie • 1942
Madame Darbois

Patricia
Movie • 1942
Mademoiselle Pressac, aunt Laurie

The Man Who Seeks the Truth
Movie • 1940
Adrienne

Hatred
Movie • 1938
Mme Mollenard

The Phantom Baron
Movie • 1943
La comtesse de Saint-Helie

Distress
Movie • 1947
Madame Meillan

Mirror
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Puc

Just a Big Simple Girl
Movie • 1948
Aunt Edmée

Monsieur Vincent
Movie • 1947
La présidente Groussault

Paris 1900
Movie • 1948
Self (archive footage)

Little Boy Lost
Movie • 1953
Mother Superior

Born of Unknown Father
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Mussot

Germinal
Movie • 1963
Catherine's grandmother

Thomas the Impostor
Movie • 1965
la cartomancienne

Paris Frills
Movie • 1945
Solange, l'assistante de Philippe

Mother Love
Movie • 1938
Adrienne

The Wolf of the Malveneurs
Movie • 1943
Magda de Malveneur

Manon
Movie • 1949
Saleswoman

Cyrano and d'Artagnan
Movie • 1964
Mme de Mauvières

Act of Love
Movie • 1953
Adèle Lacaud

The Queen's Lover
Movie • 1948
la duchesse d'Albuquerque

Gigot
Movie • 1962
Madame Brigitte

So Little Time
Movie • 1952
Madame de Malvines

Judgement of God
Movie • 1952
La margrave Josépha

Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
Movie • 1943
Gérardine Éloi

The Spies
Movie • 1957
Madame Andrée l'infirmière

The Two Orphans
Movie • 1954
La Frochard

Check on the King
Movie • 1945
Madame de Maintenon

Madame du Barry
Movie • 1954
La Gourdan

Nagana
Movie • 1955

Woman of Malacca
Movie • 1937
Lady Patricia Brandmore

Climates of Love
Movie • 1962

Husband for Sale
Movie • 1965
Ms Reinhof

From Mayerling to Sarajevo
Movie • 1940
Archduchess Marie-Thérèse

The End of the Day
Movie • 1939
Marthe Chabert

Southern Carrier
Movie • 1937
La mère

Le Fil à la patte
Movie • 1954
La baronne du Verger, mère de Viviane

Tomorrow Is Too Late
Movie • 1950
Headmistress

Forty Little Mothers
Movie • 1936
Mme Granval, the director

The French Way
Movie • 1940
Madame Ancelot

L'ange qu'on m'a donné
Movie • 1946
Countess of Cébrat

Goodbye Darling
Movie • 1946
Constance Hélène Brétillac

The Lie of Nina Petrovna
Movie • 1937
Baroness Engern

Drôles de phénomènes
Movie • 1959
Madame Marcevault

Dream Ballerina
Movie • 1950
Aunt

Son of the Hunchback
Movie • 1952
Contessa Lagardere

Katia
Movie • 1959

Mayerling
Movie • 1936
Empress Élisabeth

The Queen of Spades
Movie • 1958
La comtesse Anna Feodotovna Tomski

Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self

Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self

Frédéric le gardian
TV • 1965
maman rose